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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






2. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






3. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






4. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






5. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






6. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






7. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






8. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






9. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






10. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






11. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






12. Application of potassium sulphide






13. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






14. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






15. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






16. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






17. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






18. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






19. Renowned for paintings and prints






20. Technique of shading using dots to control value






21. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






22. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






23. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






24. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






25. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






26. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






27. Creates blue dye






28. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






29. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






30. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






31. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






32. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






33. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






34. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






35. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






36. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






37. Pale green






38. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






39. Where the revolving door was fully developed






40. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






41. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






42. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






43. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






44. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






45. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






46. The amount of light reflected by a hue






47. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






48. Known for his glass sculpture






49. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






50. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter